Fdev already made it very clear players that play in open are playing in a better more proper way when they made the races to elite open only.
Modes The Solo vs Open vs Groups Thread - Part the Second [Now With Added Platforms].
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Fdev already made it very clear players that play in open are playing in a better more proper way when they made the races to elite open only.
Did you ever play City of Heroes? Because you can't now. Doesn't always pan out like you want post-provider-death.
None at all. I also know plenty of compelling and exciting video games that don't require a constant Internet connection.
This is an interesting idea. It would stop all those "they escape into solo to avoid consequences" folk. No jumping into solo, no "I just won't play for a day."
star wars galaxy
if you have a REAL copy of the client you can still play it here;
http://www.swgemu.com/forums/index.php
if you are really interested they explain how sony allows them to do this, and how to get yourself up and running.
i have been playing there for years.
however if you want the SWG mechanics and don't mind if it's not in a star wars theme there is "the repopulation"
https://www.therepopulation.com/index.php/game-features/game-overview
but the point i was addressing was that SOMETIMES, not always people will pick up where the original company left off and keep the game alive.
so supposedly/theoretically/maybe/perhaps you could someday have your own ED server with open/group/solo defined anyway you like.
So once again I am seeing that the real problem is not any of the modes, it is players abusing them. If players are making a terror of themselves in Open, they should be made to stay in Open for some period of time. 'Live by the sword' and all of that. Put some real teeth into being a maniacal outlaw hunted by many.
I like FuzzySpider's suggestion above:
"What I'd like to see is bounties collected in Open should only count down while playing in Open. So if, for example, you get a bounty of 400,000 on your head for 24 hours, you should have to put in 24 hours in Open space before that bounty turns into a payable fine."
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And just info: I play/have played plenty of adversarial games. When ED was announced, I recalled with pleasure my slow, meditative trading & exploring space game. So for me, I am loving this version. It's relaxing, de-stressing, meditative, awe-inspiring (that's our galaxy, modeled there!). I play solo because it is most like Elite but with super-graphics. I can go outside my apartment at night and see a star and think, "I could fly there!"
I am all for choice. I'm just not up for "a more-adversarial game" from ED. I hope CQC at least satisfies some of the shooter crowd, I really do. Or maybe "stickable bounties" need to happen. Something. But leave choice in it.
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This happens to me all the time.
Ah, I know some girls who have more balls than some guys! They play mean.
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This is my position on also. Right Proper piracy has its place in the game & I wouldn't want it restricted.
Agree most heartily. It's like people want it to be UT3000 with spaceships. It's completely unreal/unimmersive to think that so many wholesale killers would just be left to rampage where they liked with impunity.
One place that could happen is in stations, for offenses. C'mon, DEATH?!?! And who in their right mind would blast a ship with a freaking hydrogen reactor in it, inside a structure????
What, you are trying to tell me that firing lasers and setting off a hydrogen bomb inside a pressurized container is a BAD idea?
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God I miss that game. The ONLY game i truly ever roleplayed in.
My Terror Teddy - the pink villain in a teddybear suit with the physique like the Hulk but less intelligence.
The reaction of all those wannabe villains trying to look like carbon copies of Dr.Doom running past my pink glorious aura, stopping, turning back, STARE, and ask im supposed to be.
And they claimed pink could not be evil, amateurs.
What's more evil, being superman and getting ones ass beaten by Doomsday or a giant guy dressed as a pink teddybear.
The latter - the humiliation is too much.
TEDDY SMASH PUNY HERO!
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There are many old games still running on servers. I can still make a server for Mechwarrior and play with people. There's Quake World. There's Freelancer. There's Freespace2 and the amazing work of its community. There's...
well, there's always nethack
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I proudly led the Pink Berets (mostly girls), the bay-itchin'est Mechwarrior Clan (with custom paintjobs & mechs) on Battlenet to the championships back in the day
"The crab is red, but pinches.
The flounder, dead and white.
But the girl who holds pink
in the palm of her hand
sees the Balance in the world
and is content."
- Chairman Meow, The Little Pink Book
Company B, Home of the Pink Berets
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I proudly led the Pink Berets (mostly girls), the bay-itchin'est Mechwarrior Clan (with custom paintjobs & mechs) on Battlenet to the championships back in the day
"The crab is red, but pinches.
The flounder, dead and white.
But the girl who holds pink
in the palm of her hand
sees the Balance in the world
and is content."
- Chairman Meow, The Little Pink Book
Company B, Home of the Pink Berets
Now if they could only make a good online mechwarrior game...
To bad there isn't one.
That is true. But that's also far enough into the future that it's tangental to any side of the horsemeating going on in here. FD isn't in immediate danger outside of a meteor strike on their offices or such, as they're their own producers as well as the devs. Must be nice to have that extra layer of insurance knowing you probably won't get turfed from your job after you're done working on a specific game. There have also been a few statements from them regarding releasing the game to the wild in the event something catastrophic does happen so your post-death theory, for Elite specifically, is probably accurate.
Snarfbuckle Edit: I still play Champions Online from time to time, because its character creator is phenomenal. If you wanna make a midget robot dinosaur that tunnels under the earth and breathes fire you can do that. I have a pink char as well, the Pink Phoenix. It's based on a former char from a magical girl team we had because beating people up like that was hilarious (also creepy how many dudes hit on you when your char is supposed to be 13 !!11!! GET HELP DUDE). My one friend aggroed EVERYTHING, to the point where my original character had to learn to fly above the combats while using combo heals on myself and the team; never did any damage with it ever. PP is 9 feet tall, with the heal/hurt powersets, giant pink wings and ALL THE AURAS.
Also, Mechwarrior.
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Joke post right?
Only if you missed the point being made.
Was rubbish.
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It is still combat logging, by definition. You are logging out to avoid combat.
Using the menu and timer is just a legal way of doing it.
Just because something is technically allowed doesn't necessarily mean it should be approved of.
It's entirely possible it is there because it was the best FD could do against combat logging, rather than a way of legitimizing it.
Direct from FDev:
Exiting gracefully is not officially considered as combat logging. The timer is your risk, just like in most other MMOs/RPGs etc where exiting is instantaneous in a safe zone.
It should probably be called "Combat Quitting" or "Combat Exiting" to differentiate, and whilst it might be considered bad form or un-sportsman-like conduct, it is not considered an exploit or cheating according to FDev.
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